Catherynne M. Valente said this quote

“ Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble. ”

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For there are two kinds of forgiveness in the world: the one you practice because everything really is all right, and what went before is mended. The other kind of forgiveness you practice because someone needs desperately to be forgiven, or because you need just as badly to forgive them, for a heart can grab hold of old wounds and go sour as milk over them.

~ Catherynne M. Valente

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

~ Catherynne M. Valente

This is what comes of having a heart, even a very small and young one. It causes no end of trouble, and that’s the truth.

~ Catherynne M. Valente

However unlikely it may seem, it is the truth and, therefore, one hundred percent likely.

~ Catherynne M. Valente